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Expletive · Boot Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 22

[False information] New 'Bees' ARG?

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 3:19 pm

Ofiuco

This certainly appears to deal with Brazilian apiculture and some kind of convention celebrating 50 years of Africanized bees.

Delicious Portuguese. But why would one celebrate Africanized bees? Mysterious.

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 3:43 pm

Ciaran_H

People in the *games* industry? Huh. Weird.

From what I can tell, that's the site belonging to the 16th Brazilian Apiculture Congress (or the 16th Congress on Brazilian Apiculture, not sure - probaby the latter if you look at the URL, xvicba = XVI (16) CBA)), due to take place on May 22-25, 2006. It'll have a central theme focused on "50 Years of Africanised Bees". There's a site at http://www.beesfordevelopment.org/ which goes into more detail into the sort of thing I think it's talking about.

It doesn't seem to be a new event. In 2004 it apparently took place in Rio Grande do Norte, and in 1994 it took place in Goi�s, Brazil.

This lot was found with a load of Google searches, not because I know any Brazilian myself. Smile

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 3:44 pm

jamesi

The only mention I got alerted to about this was from joystiq.

**Posted:** Fri May 05, 2006 4:27 pm

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CreativeEmbassy

Again, I doubt it. I see us getting to the point where ANYTHING related to bees will show up in the news, and a thousand people cry out, "ILB2!!!"

**Posted:** Sat May 06, 2006 10:12 pm

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MageSteff

16th annual Beekeepers conference. As in People who keep Bees for a living. Africanized bees were introduced into the genetic makeup to try to boost honey production, once upon a time because they produce a lot more honey than regular bees. They are a lot more aggressive. Hybridization didn't help matters, and when some got loose they set up shop and started spreading.

One of the conference topics for discussion 50 years of Africanization.

At least that is the jist that I get with my High School/College Spanish from 20 years ago.

You do know that people keep bees don't you? For argiculture? They are an important part of pollinization of plants, specifically with fruit crops and seed/nut production.

But here, a free honey sample for you...

**Posted:** Sun May 07, 2006 12:41 am

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aliendial

Is the sarcasm really necessary? The answer to the original question is "no". Several people have already supplied that answer. Nobody is arguing with them. No wonder people worry about UF.

**Posted:** Sun May 07, 2006 11:01 am

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**Posted:** Sun May 07, 2006 12:30 pm

albatross · Kl00 Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 42 Location: Ankeny,Iowa

I hope to Buddah that this is a new ILB....because that would be flippin awesome!!!

Hoorah!!

**Posted:** Mon May 08, 2006 2:16 pm

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Ciaran_H

To repeat, it's not ILB2. In fact, it isn't even an ARG.

**Posted:** Mon May 08, 2006 2:37 pm

albatross · Kl00 Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 42 Location: Ankeny,Iowa

oh. well....that sucks. i was really excited and what not. ahh well.

**Posted:** Tue May 09, 2006 11:30 am

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**Posted:** Sat May 13, 2006 12:44 am

Dionysus

THI IS NOT ILB2! Can we get a padlock here?

**Posted:** Sat May 13, 2006 9:42 pm

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